Remarks: SICILIAN-STYLE GEISON REVETMENT PLAQUE BROKEN ON ALL SIDES, PRESERVING PAINTED DOUBLE GUILLOCHE IN BICHROME RED AND PURPLE ON WHITE GROUND. ELABORATE DESIGN WITH EACH STRAND BICHROME, ALTERNATING PURPLE/WHITE WITH WHITE AND RED OUTLINES, RED/PURPLE WITH WHITE OUTLINES WITH CENTRAL RED CIRCLES. INTERSTICES ALTERNATELY A PALMETTE OF 5 ALTERNATING RED/PURPLE LEAVES RADIATING FROM RED CIRCLE, FLANKED BY DOUBLE RED ARCS RADIATING FROM RED CIRCLE (OUTER ARC WITH WHITE DOTS). HAND PAINTED, THOUGH POINTS OF COMPASS VISIBLE INSIDE CIRCLES. CAMPANIAN.
Bibliography: DIE WELT DER ETRUSKER 1988, P. 238, C2.27
Publication record: Die Welt der Etrusker: archäologische Denkmäler aus Museen der sozialistischen Länder. Author: Kunze, M., & V. Kästner (eds.). Place of publication: Berlin. Publication Date: 1988
Type of decoration: PAINTED DOUBLE GUILLOCHE
Last Recorded Collection: Szépmüveszeti Muzeum
Height: 13.4
Width: 16.8
MPD: 2.1
Clay: 5YR 6/6
Paint: RED 2.5YR 3/4. PURPLE 10R 3/2. WHITE 10YR 5/2.
